The delicate situation in Japan

A day later, a dark cloud hung over the streets of Tokyo, and a large number of civilians were killed in the name of rioters due to the firing of the garrison. Not only did it not decrease, but it intensified.

The gunfire of the troops encircling and suppressing the rebels gradually spread from the area around the original Imperial Palace to the streets and alleys of the entire city of Tokyo.

At this moment, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is no longer seeing the prosperity of the past. On the streets and alleys, except for the patrols with murderous faces, wandering back and forth, all that was left was the 'riots' all that was left on the ground, corpses and blood that had not yet completely dried up. As for ordinary people, in order to avoid implicating themselves and their families, they have already cowered in their own homes, praying to the so-called Amaterasu Okami that the disaster will not spread to them...

Located inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, facing Emperor Hirohito, who is still unconscious. The entire Japanese high-level and all the faces showed anxious looks.

"Ahem...." A series of slight coughing sounds came from the palace of Emperor Hirohito. Emperor Hirohito, who had been in a coma for several days, finally opened his weakened eyes. Immediately after, the exclamation of the palace maid resounded throughout the palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awake, Imperial Doctor, Your Majesty is awake...

"Your Excellency, Your Majesty has come to your senses. After the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, His Majesty is completely out of danger. In addition, His Majesty has just issued an order for all the ministers to rush to the main hall at once and convene a pre-imperial meeting... Soon, one of the guards serving Emperor Hirohito rushed out breathlessly and said to Hideki Tojo and the others who looked anxious outside the palace.

Emperor Hirohito, who had a pale face, ignored his weak body, and with the support of two maids, he sat in his place with great difficulty.

A pair of weak eyes quickly glanced at the minister in front of him. Before he could speak, a huge explosion faintly spread from outside the palace to the main hall.

"Tojo-kun, where did the explosion come from......." The frail Emperor Hirohito asked with a frown in his own almost mosquito-like buzzing voice.

"Your Majesty, it was a misfire, it must have been an explosion caused by the misfire of the weapons of the palace guards...." Facing the weakened Emperor Hirohito. As Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo did not dare to let him know at this time that his people had launched a rebellion in the face of the defeat on the battlefield in China.

"Nani, the weapons are misfired... How is it possible, as far as I know, the guards guarding the Imperial Palace are all selected from the most elite Guards Division of the Great Japanese Empire. Tojo-kun, it must not be this reason. Say, "What the hell is going on, what are you hiding from me?" Emperor Hirohito snorted fiercely and asked with a dissatisfied expression.

For a while, the atmosphere of the entire hall suddenly became solemn because of Emperor Hirohito's words.

Just when Hideki Tojo and the other ministers frowned, thinking about how to answer Emperor Hirohito. A series of hurried footsteps came from outside the temple.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Your Excellency Prime Minister, something has happened... ̈ A junior officer did not seem to notice Emperor Hirohito, who was sitting in the center of the main hall. rushed in directly, and exclaimed in horror at Hideki Tojo in front of him.

"Baga, Your Majesty is here, and you dare to lie about the military situation.... Someone, pull him out, and hand him over to the Judge Advocate General's Office for trial..." glared fiercely at the young officer who rushed into the main hall. I was afraid that Emperor Hirohito in front of him would hear some bad news and fall into a coma again, and even...

Seeing the young officer standing in the main hall, his face suddenly showed a panicked look of confusion because of Hideki Tojo's order. Emperor Hirohito understood something right away. Just when the two guards had just rushed into the main hall, ready to leave with Shao Zuo, who was still at a loss. Emperor Hirohito held up his weak body, pointed to the junior officer in the main hall, and ordered with a firm face. ..., "Yaga, give me a step back, no one is allowed to enter the main hall without my order.... I'm not dead yet, here, it's still up to me. You, tell me the truth, what the hell is going on with the explosion just now...."

"Hayi, Your Majesty..." Officer Shaozo couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Then, he spoke.

"Your Majesty, the explosion just now was caused by a sudden attack on the palace gate by rioters. A group of rebels, disguised as an army, attacked the palace gates, causing casualties to at least one squad of our guard troops, and even the palace gate was destroyed as a result. However, so far, this group of rebels has been wiped out by the guards that I have reinforced. ”

"Nani, the rebels, where did the rebels come from...." Emperor Hirohito, who had been in a coma for several days, immediately set his eyes on Hideki Tojo, and asked with a sneer.

"Tojo-kun, at this time, do you still want to hide something from me?"

Seeing Emperor Hirohito's gaze, Hideki Tojo, as Prime Minister, knew that it was impossible to hide this matter. So, under the shocked gaze of some emperors, the whole process of the incident was told word for word....

Perhaps the psychological side had already been prepared, and in the face of Hideki Tojo's answer, Emperor Hirohito, who was physically weak, did not get angry on the surface. However, in his heart, a monstrous wave has been set off. After a short period of contemplation, the first thing he wanted to know as emperor was what the current situation in the country had developed and whether it had become hopeless.

"Tojo-kun, tell me about the current situation in the country, whether all the rebellions in various places have been quelled, especially the arsenals scattered in various places, and whether production has resumed?"

"Hayi," Hideki Tojo replied affirmatively.

"As a result of the successive deployment of troops from various places, all the rebellions in other places have been quelled, except for a few areas where the fighting for the rebels continues. In addition, according to the latest statistics, more than two-thirds of the country's arsenals have resumed production. The whole empire is moving in a good direction ...."

"In that case, let's talk about the specific losses of the rebellion in each place..." Emperor Hirohito, of course, could not have been deceived by Hideki Tojo's words. Staring at a pair of burning eyes, he continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, according to statistics, the two-day rebellion has involved more than 1.2 million rebels throughout the country. However, in order to prevent the Japanese Empire from suffering too much damage to its national strength, all the remaining rebels were released in this counterinsurgency, except for about 100,000 masterminds, who were eliminated in accordance with imperial law. In addition, there were about 20,000 rebels, all of whom retreated into the mountains and forests in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, turned into guerrillas, and were still resisting. However, Lao Chen believed that under the heroic attack of our Imperial Japanese Army, it must be a matter of time before the 20,000 rebels were wiped out. Hideki Tojo replied confidently.

However, what the confident Hideki Tojo didn't expect was. Emperor Hirohito in front of him, although there is no change on the surface. However, in my heart, because of the number of casualties and the number of chaotic people, it has already become as painful as a drop of blood.

The rebellion of more than one million people has not reached the point of breaking the strength of the entire Japanese nation. However, it has had a huge impact on the situation in Japan as a whole. In particular, the influence of the imperial power and the cabinet in the empire was dealt a heavy blow.

With the current delicate situation of the empire, so to speak. If in the next Pacific War, the Empire can be victorious. Then, the whole country, perhaps, will develop in a good direction. However, if the war is lost, the entire empire will once again fall into unprecedented civil strife, especially the more than one million rebellious people who have experienced one rebellion will definitely become the main force of the next rebellion. ..., when the time comes, not only the cabinet, but also the position of the emperor will be affected like never before.

Emperor Hirohito was not mistaken, but as the emperor from above, he still underestimated the impact of this rebellion on the whole of Japan.

In the face of defeat on the battlefield in China, in the face of several years of fighting, the death of millions of soldiers, captured. The proportion of young and middle-aged people in Japan has reached the limit, almost to the point where there are no soldiers to conscript. At the same time, because of the successive wars and the continuous blockade of the Japanese mainland by various countries, all kinds of material reserves in Japan have long been exhausted, and even the most basic food cannot meet the needs of the entire people after supplying the officers and soldiers on the front line.

Tens of millions of Japanese nationals, because of the country's successive wars, have fallen into a situation where they are unable to eat and drink.

At such a critical juncture, the news of the defeat of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield was like a fuse, igniting all the dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in the hearts of the Japanese people and completely erupting.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the order of Hideki Tojo in the name of Emperor Hirohito to open fire on the garrisons everywhere ....

In the face of Emperor Hirohito's orders, in the face of the guns of the black holes of the garrisons everywhere, in the face of relatives and friends who died under the guns of the garrison. Coupled with the constant propaganda and agitation of some anti-war activists, the common people living at the lowest level gradually discovered that the gods Amaterasu and His Majesty the Emperor, whom they believed in, did not bring them a good life. The current cabinet has also failed to bring itself a good life.

As a result, one by one, under the instigation of these anti-war activists and even the rioters, began to suspect and attack the current Japanese government... ̈

If a country has a general distrust of the government, it means that the country is not far from extinction. And it was such a delicate situation that laid a very good foundation for the future landing of the squadron on the Japanese mainland and the overthrow of the junta cabinet headed by Hideki Tojo .... Of course, that's all for later.

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